2023-11-15 16:41:31
Project, which could avoid a Joe Biden government shutdown, goes to the Senate
EFE/EPA/MICHAEL REYNOLDS The Senate has until Friday, the 17th, to vote on the project and avoid a federal government shutdown
The extension of the temporary budget was approved by the Chamber of USA on Tuesday, with a comfortable margin of votes. Now, bill 336-95 will go to the Senate, with just a few days left until the deadline of midnight on Friday the 17th, in order to avoid a federal government shutdown. If approved in the Senate, the project will go to the president’s desk Joe Biden to be signed. More Democrats than Republicans supported the bill, in the first test of the leadership of the new Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives. Mike Johnson. The project does not include budget cuts or foreign aid for Israel or Ukraine. However, it provides funding for the departments of Agriculture, Transportation and Veterans Affairs, as well as related agencies, until January 19th. In addition, it includes funding for the Department of Defense and the rest of the government until February 2nd.
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